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Tu Anh Huynh

Assistant Professor, Food Science

608-262-5960

Website

thuynh6@wisc.edu

1605 Linden Drive Madison, Wisconsin, 53706

Areas of Study

Research in my lab aims to understand the mechanisms of bacterial stress response, pathogenesis, and antibiotic resistance. We particularly focus on the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, which is the leading cause of foodborne illness mortality. Controlling Listeria growth in food and treating Listeria infection are highly challenging, due to the remarkable resilience of this bacterium under stress conditions, adaptability within the infected mammalian host, and emergence of antibiotic resistant strains. To tackle these challenges, we are investigating fundamental processes that are essential for Listeria growth and infection.

Current projects in the lab address the following questions:

i) The roles of nucleotide second messengers in Listeria stress response and host adaptation
ii) The pathogenesis of Listeria in the gastrointestinal tract
iii) Discovery of natural antimicrobials from the food and environmental microbiota

Experience

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, USA

PhD in Food Science & Microbiology

University of California, Davis

Davis, California, USA

BSc in Food Science

University New South Wales

Sydney, Australia